Job 29:12-22

12 porque yo libraba al pobre que clamaba, y al huérfano que no tenía quien le ayudara.

13 Venía sobre mí la bendición del que estaba a punto de perecer, y el corazón de la viuda llenaba de gozo.

14 De justicia me vestía, y ella me cubría; como manto y turbante era mi derecho.

15 Ojos era yo para el ciego, y pies para el cojo.

16 Padre era para los necesitados, y examinaba la causa que no conocía.

17 Quebraba los colmillos del impío, y de sus dientes arrancaba la presa.

18 Entonces pensaba: "En mi nido moriré, y multiplicaré mis días como la arena.

19 "Mi raíz se extiende hacia las aguas, y el rocío se posa de noche en mi rama.

20 "Conmigo es siempre nueva mi gloria, y mi arco en mi mano se renueva."

21 Me escuchaban y esperaban, y guardaban silencio para oír mi consejo.

22 Después de mis palabras no hablaban de nuevo, y sobre ellos caía gota a gota mi discurso.

Job 29:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 29

In this chapter Job gives an account of his former and wishes it was with him now as then; and which he describes with respect to his own person, and the favours he personally enjoyed, whether temporal or spiritual, Job 29:1-4; with respect to his family and domestic affairs, Job 29:5,6; with regard to the esteem he had from men of every age and station, Job 29:7-11; the reasons of which were the mercy and compassion he showed to the poor, the fatherless, and the widow, and the justice he administered in the execution of his office as a magistrate, Job 29:12-17; in which honour and prosperity he expected to have lived and died, Job 29:18-20; and which he further describes by the respect he had among men, and the power and authority he exercised over them, Job 29:21-25.